GPAT Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry Syllabus

 Pharmaceutical Impurities

Impurities in pharmaceutical substances, sources, types & effects of impurities.

Limit tests for heavy metals like lead, iron, arsenic, mercury & for chloride &
sulphate as per Indian Pharmacopoeia [I. P.].

 Monographs

Monograph & its importance, various tests included in monographs as per I. P. A

study of the following compounds with respect to their methods of preparation,
assay, & pharmaceutical uses of sodium citrate, calcium carbonate, copper
sulphate, light & heavy kaolin, ammonium chloride & ferrous gluconate.

 Isotopes

Isotopes- stable & radioactive, mode & rate of decay. Types & measurement of
radioactivity. Radiopharmaceuticals & their diagnostic & therapeutic applications
in pharmacy & medicine such as 125I, 32P, 51Cr, 60Co, 59Fe, 99Tc-M.
Radiocontrast media, use of BaSO4 in medicine.

 Dentifrices, desensitizing agents, & anticaries agents